Professional Genealogical and Historical Research, Writing, Editing, and Publishing Services

Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, Certified Genealogist® with an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing, is a partner in the Salt Lake City-based research, writing, and publishing firm of Warren, Carmack & Associates. Along with specializing in Spiritualist ancestors and Irish and Italian genealogical research, Sharon offers consulting, mentoring, writing, and editing services for nonfiction books, with an emphasis on memoirs, biographies, histories, and family histories. See more at her other website, NonfictionHelp.com.

She is the author of twenty books and hundreds of articles, essays, columns, and reviews that have appeared in nearly every major genealogical journal and publication. Some of her books include Tell It Short: A Guide to Writing Your Family History in Brief, You Can Write Your Family History, Carmack’s Guide to Copyright & Contracts, and Your Guide to Cemetery Research.

Her work has also appeared in writing and literary publications: Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, Hippocampus Magazine (where her essay, “Switched at Midlife” won “Most Memorable” and was one of ten essays selected for the Best of Hippocampus, May 2013), Portland Review, Steinbeck Review, Writer’s Digest, Writer’s Chronicle, and Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art (where her essay received Honorable Mention in the annual Creative Nonfiction Contest). Sharon’s essays have been finalists in contests for the Bellingham Review’s Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction and in Creative Nonfiction’s True Crime contest, and for publication in River Teeth and Calyx. You can see a list of all her publications on her CV (see below).

In addition, Sharon is the Executive Editor of Scattered Leaves Press and Warren & Carmack Publishing, and she serves on the editorial board of Steinbeck Review, is an assistant editor for Brevity, and a contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine.

Sharon teaches Irish genealogy research classes for Family Tree University, and she is on the adjunct faculty for Salt Lake Community College’s online Certificate in Genealogical Research and Writing program. She has also taught various levels of English Composition and specialized writing for Ashford University and graduate courses in Creative Nonfiction Writing for Southern New Hampshire University’s MA in English and Creative Writing program.

Along with a BA (summa cum laude) in English from Regis University, Sharon holds a Diploma in Irish Studies from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and she earned her MFA (with Distinction) in Creative Nonfiction Writing from National University.